A.5.2 Where the native mode is superseded

This section is directed to users of the native Texinfo mode switching
to AUCTeX. It follows the summary of the native mode
(see (texinfo)Texinfo Mode Summary) and lists which of its commands
are no longer of use.

Insert commands

In the native Texinfo mode, frequently used Texinfo commands can be
inserted with key bindings of the form C-c C-c k where
k differs for each Texinfo command; c inserts @code,
d inserts @dfn, k @kbd, etc.

In AUCTeX commands are inserted with the key binding C-c C-m
instead which prompts for the macro to be inserted. For font selection
commands (like @b, @i, or @emph) and a few related ones (like @var,
@key or @code) there are bindings which insert the respective macros
directly. They have the form C-c C-f k or C-c C-f
C-k and call the function TeX-font. Type C-c C-f
<RET> to get a list of supported commands.

Note that the prefix argument is not handled the same way by AUCTeX.
Note also that the node insertion command from the native mode
(texinfo-insert-@node) can still accessed from the Texinfo menu
in AUCTeX.

Insert braces

In AUCTeX braces can be inserted with the same key binding as in the
native Texinfo mode: C-c {. But AUCTeX uses its own function
for the feature: TeX-insert-braces.

Insert environments

The native Texinfo mode does not insert full environments. Instead, it
provides the function texinfo-insert-@end (mapped to C-c
C-c e) for closing an open environment with a matching @end statement.

In AUCTeX you can insert full environments, i.e. both the opening and
closing statements, with the function Texinfo-environment (mapped
to C-c C-e).

Format info files with makeinfo and TeX

In the native Texinfo mode there are various functions and bindings to
format a region or the whole buffer for info or to typeset the
respective text. For example, there is makeinfo-buffer (mapped
to C-c C-m C-b) which runs ‘makeinfo’ on the buffer or there
is texinfo-tex-buffer (mapped to C-c C-t C-b) which runs
TeX on the buffer in order to produce a DVI file.

In AUCTeX different commands for formatting or typesetting can be
invoked through the function TeX-command-master (mapped to
C-c C-c). After typing C-c C-c, you can select the desired
command, e.g ‘Makeinfo’ or ‘TeX’, through a prompt in the mini
buffer. Note that you can make, say ‘Makeinfo’, the default by
adding this statement in your init file:

Note also that C-c C-c Makeinfo <RET> is not completely
functionally equivalent to makeinfo-buffer as the latter will
display the resulting info file in Emacs, showing the node corresponding
to the position in the source file, just after a successful compilation.
This is why, while using AUCTeX, invoking makeinfo-buffer
might still be more convenient.

Note also that in the case of a multifile document, C-c C-c in
AUCTeX will work on the whole document (provided that the file
variable TeX-master is set correctly), while
makeinfo-buffer in the native mode will process only the current
buffer, provided at the @setfilename statement is provided.

Produce indexes and print

The native Texinfo mode provides the binding C-c C-t C-i
(texinfo-texindex) for producing an index and the bindings
C-c C-t C-p (texinfo-tex-print) and C-c C-t C-q
(tex-show-print-queue) for printing and showing the printer
queue. These are superseded by the respective commands available
through C-c C-c (TeX-command-master) in AUCTeX: Index,
Print, and Queue.

Kill jobs

The command C-c C-t C-k (tex-kill-job) in the native mode
is superseded by C-c C-k (TeX-kill-job) in AUCTeX.